As authoritarian leaders seek to delegitimise journalism, news outlets must assert their independence through rigorous reporting
Once again, a survey shows that Nepalis are short-term pessimists and long-term optimists
Freedom of expression and democracy are the most important adaptations to the climate crisis.
The third Himal Media Mela concludes with a call for global efforts to local climate issues
Splice Beta 2023 Festival in Chiang Mai finds ways for startups to survive and thrive in new media landscape
More than ever before, the medium is the message
This year’s Himal Media Mela will discuss the survival and relevance of journalism
Photo: MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYAThe freedom of press is like a rubber band, you have to stretch it to make it work. Likewise, media independence can…
A Facebook page started by a student to inform citizens about power cuts and political shutdowns has in 11 short years grown into Nepal’s most…
All of us here in Assdom were pleasantly surprised this week to see that Nepal’s rankings in the World Press Freedom Index has improved by leaps…
Keynote speaker Ravish Kumar, senior editor of NDTV India. All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIRavish Kumar, group editor of NDTV India, opened the Himal…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThis year, Nepal leapfrogged to 76 among 180 countries, up from last year’s 106, in the Press Freedom Index.…
The Advertising Association Nepal, Nepal Media Society, ANFA, Media Alliance Nepal, and Nepal Beverages and Cigarettes Industries Association…
TOLOnews female presenter Beheshta Arghand interviewing Taliban spokesperson Mawlawi Abdulhaq Hemad on 17 August. Photo: TOLONewsSteven Butler…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIInternet shutdowns have often been used by governments to clamp down on citizens, and the trend is becoming more…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe Year of Covid hit economies hard, and none more so than the media business which depends mainly on advertising. With…
Sona Khatik in the studio of Kapilvastu Community Radio where she is Station Manager. She broke her leg while riding her bicycle to her studio…
In the past week, two photojournalists and several reporters at a digital news portal have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The group Photo…
Nepali Times issue #1The #1 print edition of Nepali Times of 19-25 July 2000 shows that even though much has changed in Nepal in the past two…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIWith business coming to a grinding halt globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal’s migration and tourism-based economy is…
I'm so old that I remember a time — back in the hoary 1990s — when you couldn’t expect flair, or at times even fluency, from Nepal’s…
Sahina Shrestha, Digital Products StrategistAs the results of the Sharecast Initiative Nepal Survey 2020 featured in this issue show, Nepal is…
Wednesday was Nepal’s Democracy Day, it was the 27th anniversary of Kantipur Media Group, and the day Anup Kaphle was stepping down as editor of…
Nepali students on their way to the quarantine centre in Bhaktapur after landing in Kathmandu Airport on Sunday morning. Photo: RSSThe global…
